Animas River Trail - The Journal

Animas River Trail reconstruction nearing completion

Crews hustle to wrap up ahead of snow, freezing temps

DATE: Dec 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango artist seeks to capture scale, beauty of solar system along Animas River Trail

Project highlights creativity, community and cosmic perspective

DATE: Nov 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas River Trail section in Durango to close through October for improvements

Alternative route established to bypass construction between DoubleTree Hotel and Santa Rita Park

DATE: Feb 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango to place call for artists to beautify sections of Animas River Trail

$35,050 marked for installations or murals in project areas

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

How an endangered mouse put the brakes on Animas River Trail improvements in Durango

Project was paused to evaluate possible impact to habitat of New Mexico jumping mouse

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Beavers force removal of trees along Durango’s Animas River Trail

Parks and Recreation cut down three cottonwoods at risk of falling

DATE: Jan 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

LPEA closes mile-long section of Animas River Trail to update power lines

Detour spans from La Plata County Humane Society to Baker Lane

DATE: Oct 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango project trumps plan for a play wave on the Animas River

City will instead stabilize river bank to help railroad tracks

DATE: Feb 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Homeless man found last week died of hypothermia, coroner says

Memorial will be held this week for Dean Allen Littrell

DATE: Nov 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Homeless man found dead Tuesday morning at camp behind Walmart

Coroner says cause of death unknown; autopsy planned Thursday

DATE: Nov 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man died of drowning while rafting the Animas River, autopsy confirms

Police records, eyewitness accounts shed light on incident

DATE: Jun 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

WATCH: In a rare sighting, moose visits Durango

Resident catches video of young bull near Animas River

DATE: Jun 1, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News